KASHIWA, Chiba Pref. -- Kashiwa Reysol on Thursday dismissed its English manager Steve Perryman after a string of poor results in the first stage of the J. League Division One.
His assistant coach Tomoyoshi Ikeya, 40, will take charge of the team for the remaining two rounds in the stage. A new manager, from Brazil, is expected to take over from the start of the second stage as a Kashiwa official is currently negotiating with the potential candidate in Brazil. The first stage ends on Aug. 17 and the second stage will begin on Aug. 31.
Reysol has fired its manager twice within 13 months, having fired Perryman's predecessor Akira Nishino (now Gamba Osaka manager). Perryman, 50, took over from Nishino in July last year and helped Reysol finish seventh in the 16-team division in the second stage.